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imaginarybeasts is "a bi-monthly webzine dedicated to original fiction of the oneshot variety". Anyone may participate, whether you would like to write, make visual art, volunteer to help with beta'ing, or, most importantly, read and review the stories. Y'all probably know this; if you're interested in reading my reviews of earlier books, here's the tag.

Each edition, or "book", has a theme; August's was "Travel"*. My favorites:

To The Lakeside by hacy morris. A sequel- in a way- of the story of The Seven Swans, this is a lovely piece of writing that provides for what was left unfinished in the original fairy-tale.

Lives That Are Buried By The Earth by

misao_kunoichi. This story is- vaguely, sort of, maybe- a retelling and extension of the Snow Queen. I wonder what about a 'travel' theme lends itself to fairy tales? But this is really interesting, and I love the places it goes, and the writing is very pretty all the way.

untitled by

januaryseas. A creepy, gorgeous picture.

A Thousand Miles Behind Us by

rakugaking. And the antidote to the previous one: a quiet, happy picture. I adore this one.

You can read all of the stories and see all of the art here. The next book will be 'Mythology', and it's coming out at the end of the month.

* ARGGHH WHY DID THEY DO TRAVEL WHILE I WAS IN SYRIA? I WAS TOTALLY THE ONE WHO SUGGESTED THE THEME AND I HAD A STORY ALL PLANNED OUT AND EVERYTHING AND I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO PARTICIPATE THIS TIME DUUUUUUDES. *ahem* I mean, uh, I am sad to have missed this one.